Controls and Indications

Next flights

Next departures and arrivals. For arrivals it states also exit taxiway and runway. For departures it states target take-off time and runway.

-> only one arrival and departure per runway (otherwise it would fill your screen!).

-> can be clicked to select flight.

Messages

Message panel. Can be clicked to select flight (works only once per message). Panel can be folded on title.

Overview

-> Green: Departure runway.

-> Yellow: Arrival runway.

-> Mixed: Departure and arrival runway. 

Panel can be folded on title.

Clock

Shows UTC time, current playing time.

General controls

Game speed controls, menu control with exit, settings, help, etc.

Departing aircraft

Green flag.

"09R" -> Departure runway, 

"AY1340"-> Flight number, 

"1" -> Departure sequence number (slot)  for the given runway.

"00:33" -> Departure countdown (must be +/-15s for on time).

Aircrafts without flag cannot be selected cause they are currently parked.

Arriving aircraft

Yellow flag. Aircraft arriving. Blue arrow shows direction towards target parking position.

Repositioning aircraft

Orange flag. Aircraft on tow. These aircrafts are subject to repositioning on the airport. Blue arrow shows direction towards target parking position.

Take off position indicator

Green/red lead lights indicating take off position. At red take-off is not permitted. Green means wake-turbulence separation is fine and doesn't mean that runway is not blocked by any other traffic.

Exit indicator

Yellow lead lights indicating current target exit taxiway for arrivals. If it is not yellow flashing then it is a available exit taxiway and has to be selected via exit controls.

Next arrival indication

Countdown for next arrival on this runway. Changes text to "APCH" and color to yellow when the flight is on final approach.

Waketurbulence countdown

Countdown for proper seperation of previous departure on this runway. In addition the runway color in the overview panel is also set to red in order to remind you that take-off is not permitted.

Selected Flight

Flags of non-selected flights are transparent. Selected flight is bright and has a blue rotating circle.

Flight information

-> Aircraft type and size (Heavy, Medium, Light)

-> Departure runway

-> Take-off time

-> Departure sequence. 

-> Take-off run. 15 seconds maximum or end of runway which ever is earlier.

Taxi, line up and take off controls

-> Cancel: cancelling lineup or take off -clearance.

-> Line up 04R: Line up on runway 04R. Can be combined out of a taxi clearance to a holding point.

-> Take off 22: Take off on runway 22. can be combined out of a taxiclearance to a holding point together with a lineup clearance.

-> Hold Position: Stop aircraft right now.

-> Taxi: Begin a new taxi clearance.

Taxi clearance constuction controls

-> Ignore Parkings: If ticked, for better overview it won't show any unnecessary parking positions for the taxi clearance (less buttons on screen).

-> Reset: Resets current taxi clearance.

-> Cancel: Cancelling taxi, lineup or take off -clearance.

-> Hold short of: Hold before next clicked taxiway (e.g. in order to keep it clear for another aircraft).

Taxi controls general

-> Close: Deselect current flight.

-> Hold Position: Stops aircraft immediately. New taxi clearance construction required in order to move again. Visible only after issuing taxi clearance.

-> Stop Taxi: Stop moving right now. Taxi clearance remains valid and also indicated as a yellow line. Visible only after issuing taxi clearance.

-> Continue Taxi: Continue taxi after using the stop taxi function. Aircraft continues on the previously constructed taxi clearance which is still indicated as a yellow line. Visible only after stopping.

Taxi clearance construction

Yellow solid line -> Temporary taxi path.

Blue solid line -> currently inspected taxiway (the last clicked taxiway). 

White arrows -> crossing taxiways (from currently inspected taxiway). Indicates possible paths. Each taxiway button represents a possible continuation of the path.

Taxiway button

Click to add taxiway to temporary taxi path. Keep in mind that you cannot select another flight during the construction of a taxi clearance. Only way out is with cancel or close.

Taxiway width indication is located in the upper right corner on the button (Heavy/Medium/Light). Be careful when moving larger aircraft on a smaller taxiways. This is possible but wing-tip-clearance cannot be assured.

Holding point / stopbar / parking button

Click to execute now taxi clearance to given stop. Holding points give new flight control options for line-up and take-off.

Target parking position

Target parking position is indicated by a blue circle. Target parking is always shown for arriving and repositioned aircrafts.

Pushback window and number

Window with all possible pushback positions. Window appears only if the only way to move the aircraft is by pushing it back. Clicking on the respective button executes the pushback.

Exit controls

Used to choose the exit for arriving flights. Red is active side of runway. Click again to change to the next exit. Exit indications on runway are described above. Exit buttons are only visible when aircraft is still airborne.